COMMENTS ON RANHILL UTILITIES BERHAD (5272)

 

FIGURE 1: RANHILL UTILITIES BERHAD LAST 5 YEARS SHARE PRICE TREND

 

**analysis based on 2019 annual report.

1.       GENERAL INTRO: RANHILL's main business segments include providing water supply to Johor state consumers, operation of two power plants in Sabah, water and wastewater treatment business and non-revenue water management.

 

2.       NOTABLE POINTS:

According to the 2019 report, Ranhill has operations in Malaysia, Thailand, and China. As a utility based company, it has a consistent and stable cash flow, also it tends to pay up a high percentage of it profits to investors in the form of dividend.

 

3.       IS THIS COUNTER A STRONG GROWTH STOCK?        

a.       REVENUE RANGE (RM million): 1629.8 million as reported in 2019 annual report, this is a relatively high revenue company.

b.      SHARE PRICE: from 2016-2020, share price peaked at around RM1.50 in 2019, then dropped to the current level of around RM0.80.

c.       EARNING PER SHARE (EPS): earning per share in last 5 years was overall fluctuating, ranging from 5.3 to 8.17 sen

d.      FUTURE POTENTIAL/PROSPECTS: share price expect to be stable in the next few years

e.      CAPITAL EXPENDITURE (CAPEX): spending on purchase of new fixed assets is RM 67.2 million, around 4% of total assets.

 

4.       IS THIS A STRONG DIVIDEND STOCK?             

a.       DIVIDEND YIELD: in 2019 financial year, RANHILL declared a dividend payout of 4.95 sen per share to shareholders, which amounts to a dividend yield of 5.89%.

b.      DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO: the dividend payout ratio amounts to around 66% of total earnings.

c.       CONSISTENCY: the dividend payout was consistent, the dividend paid to shareholders in the last five years ranged from 3 to 7 sen.

 

5.       IS THE MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GOOD?

a.       RETURN ON EQUITY (ROE): in 2019 financial year, RANHILL reported a good return of shareholders’ equity, at 11.91%.

b.      COST-TO-INCOME RATIO: cost-to-income ratio is high, at 590%.

 

6.       OTHER INDICATORS:

a.       CASH FLOW: cash flow is positive, around RM 167.3 million, equivalent to RM 0.16 per share.

b.      SUPPORT BY INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS: this counter is well supported by institutional investors, there are 22 institutional investors at top 30 major shareholders list, including LEMBAGA TABUNG HAJI, EPF, KUMPULAN WANG PERSARAAN and insurance companies/investment funds. Its major shareholders are CHEVAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUND LP (17.79%) and LAMBANG OPTIMA SDN BHD (11.62%).

 

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